“If I am a prophet and wise of heart
you shall not fail, Cithaeron,
1245 by the limitless sky, you shall not!—
to know at tomorrow’s full moon
that Oedipus honors you,
as native to him and mother and nurse at once;
and that you are honored in dancing by us, as finding
But I account myself a child of Fortune,
beneficent Fortune, and I shall not be
dishonored. She’s the mother from whom I spring; the months, my brothers, marked me, now as small
favor in sight of our king.
1250 Apollo, to whom we cry, Find these things pleasing!”
While reading this line from the reading I noticed a lot of great language that was being used but the main idea of it all was that Oedipus is being told by the greats that he is very lucky and that if they remain next to his side for a good amount of time their will be no time for him to be a failure and that tomorrows moon will be a honor to him from them to show him the amount of respect they have for him and to express the type of great person he is idolizing himself infront of them to be, Oedipus’s reaction to this is of him being very grateful and respectful as he continues on to say that these actions are not just for him but the people who are around him.
